"Closed-door committees are forming to investigate whether public universities in North Carolina have fully eliminated diversity practices. Campuses in Utah are being held to neutrality pledges. Accreditation is changing across the Southeast as university systems join a new state-run scheme spearheaded by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. A major political struggle is being waged on university campuses, and faculty are struggling to keep up."
"Higher education has been in the news regularly since the emergence of mass pro-Palestine protests on campuses after October 7, 2023, but much of the coverage has been dominated by the likes of elite private schools such as Harvard and Columbia. Right-wing attacks, however, have rocked campuses across the country, escalating with the Trump administration's executive orders banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices."
Closed-door committees are forming to investigate whether public universities in North Carolina have fully eliminated diversity practices. Campuses in Utah face neutrality pledges and accreditation is shifting across the Southeast as university systems join a state-run scheme led by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The Trump administration issued executive orders banning DEI practices, prompting Department of Justice and Department of Education investigations and repeated use of a playbook to pressure institutions by threatening funds and securing concessions. Mass pro-Palestine campus protests since October 7, 2023, intensified scrutiny, while long-term austerity and state legislative pressure have left faculty struggling amid accelerating political attacks.
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